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A collection of book reviews, literary travel journeys and best books set in posts

Literary journeys – Look here for books set in a whole range of locations and settings grouped together

BookTrail of the Month – the best book(trail) an author has taken us on

Literary Packages – what are the best books with a strong sense of setting or location for each month?

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Book set in a English Pit village – The Taking of Annie Thorne, CJ Tudor

  • Submitted: 18th February 2019

The Hiding Place in Nottingham for CJ Tudor's remote village The second scary book from CJ Tudor. Unsettling is a good word to describe The Taking of Annie Thorne. The…

Thriller set in Korea- The Plotters – Un-su Kim

  • Submitted: 17th February 2019

The Plotters of Korean Noir Ever wondered what it would be like to visit the most secretive country on earth? What about the underground of that city? The criminal underworld?…

Book set in Singapore – Ponti by Sharlene Teo

  • Submitted: 16th February 2019

Novel set in Singapore. A literary and gothic read The title got me with this one. What is Ponti? A name? a creature? A legend? Well, it turns out it's…

Competition! All Rivers Run Free set in Cornwall – Natasha Carthew

  • Submitted: 15th February 2019

There's a lot going on in the life of Natasha Carthew. She's going on tour, she has an offer for a budding working class writer AND she's giving three books…

Book set in Dunedin, NZ – The Ringmaster – Vanda Symon

  • Submitted: 14th February 2019

Dunedin Noir. Sam Shephard returns Only book two, but this is firmly up to be a real BookTrail favourite. Not only are these two books great police procedurals, but the…

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The Troubled Deep

2024: The Brindley family go missing. Years later their car is found submerged and the family are nowhere…

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